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It is likely that OMB will begin the review of Treasury tax regulations, an exemption from OMB review which was granted over three decades ago that should never occurred in the first place.

Having worked for more than a half century to vest OMB with the authority to review regulations I doubt whether there are any new arguments against OMB’s likely new role will emerge during the current debate.

The traditional arguments include the lack of OMB expertise in the particular subject matter at hand. I heard this argument many times over when OMB (OIRA and its predecessor organizations) began to review EPA regulations.

From: The New York Times

By NOAM SCHEIBER

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Angelo I. Amador, a senior official at the National Restaurant Association, an industry trade group, said in a statement that he was pleased that the new legislation would make it possible for cooks, dishwashers and other workers to share tips. But he expressed concern that “the enforcement and penalty language for unintentional violations goes too far.”

The provision would give the secretary of labor broader authority to impose civil penalties on employers who steal tips. For example, workers currently must show that the theft was repeated or willful. Now, civil penalties could be applied to any instance of tip theft.

From: BNA

Ben Penn, Reporter

From: Washington Examiner

by Jennifer Schellenberg

Is the Labor Department scheming to take away restaurant servers’ tips? That’s the message some labor advocates are sending in response to a proposed rule-making by the Trump administration that would permit kitchen staff in certain states to receive a portion of servers’ tips.

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From: Society for Human Resources Management

By Lisa Nagele-Piazza, SHRM-SCP, J.D.

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta says he backs legislation that would prevent employers from taking tips from workers.

“I fully support a provision that says establishments should not be permitted to keep any portion of a tip,” he said at a March 6 U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing. He suggested, however, that such a directive should come from Congress in the form of legislation, and not as a rule from his agency.

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